N.C.A.A. Division I National Champions
Women's Cross Country
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2010 | Sheila Reid | Villanova | 20:06 |
| 2009 | Angela Bizzari | Illinois | 19:46 |
| 2008 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 19:28.1 |
| 2007 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 19:30 |
| 2006 | Sally Kipyego | Texas Tech | 20:11 |
| 2005 | Johanna Nilsson | Northern Arizona | 19:33 |
| 2004 | Kim Smith | Providence | 20:08 |
| 2003 | Shalane Flanagan | North Carolina | 19:30.4 |
| 2002 | Shalane Flanagan | North Carolina | 19:36.0 |
| 2001 | Tara Chaplin | Arizona | 20:24 |
| 2000 | Kara Grgas-Wheeler | Colorado | 20:30.5 |
| 1999 | Erica Palmer | Wisconsin | 16:39.5 |
| 1998 | Katie McGregor | Michigan | 16:47.2 |
| 1997 | Carrie Tollefson | Villanova | 16:29 |
| 1996 | Amy Skieresz | Arizona | 17:04 |
| 1995 | Kathy Butler | Wisconsin | 16:51 |
| 1994 | Jennifer Rhines | Villanova | 16:31.2 |
| 1993 | Carol Zajac | Villanova | 16:40.3 |
| 1992 | Carol Zajac | Villanova | 17:01.9 |
| 1991 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Villanova | 16:30.3 |
| 1990 | Sonia O'Sullivan | Villanova | 16:06 |
| 1989 | Vicki Huber | Villanova | 15:59.9 |
| 1988 | Michelle Dekkers | Indiana | 16:30 |
| 1987 | Kimberly Betz | Indiana | 16:10.9 |
| 1986 | Angela Chalmers | Northern Arizona | 16:55.5 |
| 1985 | Suzie Tuffey | North Carolina State | 16:22.6 |
| 1984 | Cathy Branta | Wisconsin | 16:15.6 |
| 1983 | Betty Jo Springs | North Carolina State | 16:30.7 |
| 1982 | Lesley Welch | Virginia | 16:39.7 |
| 1981 | Betty Jo Springs | North Carolina State | 16:19.0 |
